Week 15 Prompt

Bookmarks are a great way to promote different types of fiction. For the book club I help run we have bookmarks for what we are reading each month. The library also has different bookmarks that promote different types of literature or suggestion books that are certain types. Bookmarks that have mystery authors, Christian fiction, vampire romance, or books on Indiana are some of the times of bookmarks that were made up to use at the library. This is a great way for patrons to find similar books or authors to what they like to read.

Book displays geared toward a certain topic help show patrons what the library has to offer. Currently it is poetry month, so we have a poetry display up at the library to interest patrons in the different poetry books we have to offer. For Valentine's Day in February we had a display of books that include flower arranging, books on chocolates, how to make cards, and romance books. Using book displays is a great way to suggest books to patron so that they can see what the library has to offer. This way they can look in the sections those books are from and find other books to read.

Programs are another way to promote fiction. A couple of different program types would be book discussions or a program specific to a book or author. A program specific to a book or author might be more of a children's or teen's program, but could be geared towards adult as well; such as a Harry Potter themed program. A book discussion promotes different fiction genres and author by reading different kinds of literature depending on the book club. I am part of a book club that reads young adult literature, but other books club could be poetry, non-fiction, science fiction, western, or any type of literature. Different types of book clubs at the library can help promote the different types of the literature the library has available.